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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-8865

The YugabyteDB tablet server contains a flaw in its YCQL query handling that can trigger a null pointer dereference when processing certain malformed inputs.

Published Aug 11, 2025 · catalog updated Aug 11, 2025 · YugabyteDB Inc YugabyteDB

Last checked Oct 26, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-8865. EPSS is 0.16%. Act only if a listed version of YugabyteDB Inc YugabyteDB is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
Medium4.1
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.16%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor YugabyteDB Inc YugabyteDB 2024.2.0.0 <2024.2.2.5

The YugabyteDB tablet server contains a flaw in its YCQL query handling that can trigger a null pointer dereference when processing certain malformed inputs. An authenticated attacker could exploit this issue to crash the YCQL tablet server, resulting in a denial of service.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor YugabyteDB Inc YugabyteDB 2024.2.0.0 <2024.2.2.52024.2.0.0 <2024.2.2.5

How to fix CVE-2025-8865

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-8865. EPSS is 0.16%. Act only if a listed version of YugabyteDB Inc YugabyteDB is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with YugabyteDB Inc YugabyteDB 2024.2.0.0 <2024.2.2.5 2024.2.0.0 <2024.2.2.5. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.16%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Aug 11, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    The YugabyteDB tablet server contains a flaw in its YCQL query handling that can trigger a null pointer dereference when processing certain malformed inputs. An authenticated attacker could exploit this issue to crash the YCQL tablet server, resulting in a denial of service.

  2. Aug 11, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    The YugabyteDB tablet server contains a flaw in its YCQL query handling that can trigger a null pointer dereference when processing certain malformed inputs. An authenticated attacker could exploit this issue to crash the YCQL tablet server, resulting in a denial of service.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-8865

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-8865

    30-day exploitation probability 0.16%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-24148

    The YugabyteDB tablet server contains a flaw in its YCQL query handling that can trigger a null pointer dereference when processing certain malformed inputs. An authenticated attacker could exploit this issue to crash the YCQL tablet server, resulting in a denial of service.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 26, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 23, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 21, 2026
  • EUVDOct 20, 2026